The Party of Our Discontent? An Interview With Green Party Candidate Jill Stein
Discontent with the political system as a whole is rising, as seen clearly through the lens of struggles around the world and right here at home, via the ongoing Occupy movement. Numerous figures have speculated and are continuing to speculate as to what the electoral strategy, if any, will be for the Occupy movement, come the 2012 election cycle.
Some, such as Center for American Progress' Van Jones, have proposed a new " American Dream Party ," paralleling the Tea Party, with others critiquing that as a plan to Astroturf and co-opt the movement through various Democratic Party fronts .
Recently, in the aftermath of the now infamous pepper spray incident at University of California-Davis , Occupy UC-Davis declared its disgust with both the Democratic and Republican Parties, and made a public disavowal declaration of both parties. Similarly, Occupy Des Moines has stated that it will be part of Occupy the Caucus , planning several actions, geared toward both political parties, in the days leading up to the Iowa Caucus in early-January. Furthermore, Occupy Des Moines has declared an around-the-clock camp-out site, set to sit outside of President Barack Obama's campaign office .
This is the background to my conversation with Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for president of the United States, during a campaign stop in Madison, Wisconsin, on December 15. Stein is hoping to ride the momentum of the Occupy movement and reach uncharted water for a third-party candidate for president, and has a central campaign platform called the "Green New Deal."
Steve Horn: What was your overall motive for running for president of the United States, particularly as neither Democrat nor Republican? What got you to this point in your life; what moved you to run for president as a member of the Green Party?
Jill Stein: I've been fighting as a third party candidate for ten years. I stepped up to the plate for this election, basically. I stepped up to the plate because it is a perfect storm for really organizing a political alternative, a politics of integrity that our lives depend on - and more and more people are seeing that.
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I’m Leaving YouTube…On A Boat – Vlog 103
In this mobile video, I talk about going TAD (Temporary Assigned Duty) to a boat for at least a week including going underway for the first time, keeping track of my videos via Google+ and my YouTube bulletins, being offline while I’m TAD, working on my various YouTube projects, and the status of said projects.
Enjoy and please comment!!
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P.S: I’ll be offline for at least a week but I may be gone for longer so don’t freak out if you guys don’t hear from me for awhile.